- Bird Checklists for each season at the Bosque A Refuge for All Seasons
- Crane, Light Goose, Duck (and other Bird) Counts for Current and Previous Years. (pdf) From 2002-2008
- US Fish & Wildlife Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Bird Check List (pdf)
E-Bird Trail Tracker
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Bosque del Apache NWR and Friends of the Bosque
eBird Trail Tracker is an electronic gateway created and maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to gather information on bird sightings. It enables you to find out which birds are being reported and where at the Refuge, and to record your own sightings. These observation records become part of eBird, an online checklist program that scientists and birders with Internet access can use to review bird observation information from specific locations across North America, including many National Wildlife Refuges. eBird Trail Tracker also includes photos, audio, video and life history information for the birds
Be sure to enter your sightings at the new eBird Trail Tracker the next time you visit our refuge!
Please return to this site to see what's being seen at Bosque del Apache NWR!
Other Important Friends & Refuge News!
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- A special event was Just Added to our Refuge Events page -Hummingbird Photography on August 8th with Presenters: Jerry Goffe, Refuge Volunteer & Photographer, Don Bartram & David Powell, NANPA Wildlife Photographers. Please check the page above for details on this and other great workshops, lectures and events at the Refuge.
- The latest July 2009 Bosque Watch Newsletter, all Habitat! issues and all past and present issues of the Bosque Watch Newsletters are available for download here: Newsletters
- Mapping the Rio program has been featured in two recent El Defensor Chieftain articles: http://www.dchieftain.com/news/89182-05-23-09.html http://www.dchieftain.com/news/89403-06-03-09.html
- The Green Chile Cheeseburger Throwdown which was filmed at the Refuge recently will be airing on the Food Network on July 22nd. Below is a photo of Shirleen Greenwood meeting Bobby Flay in front of the Friends' beautiful display.
- Friends' Annual Board meeting has been set for October 17, 2009 at the Christina Ann Lannan Educational Annex, Bosque del Apache NWR. This is the big one! Please plan to attend!
- Friends' Trip -Birds of Belize and Tikal, February 20-28, 2010 . Click for all details here: Brochure and Trip Information pdf
Travel Participant Enrollment Form pdf
- A wonderful Dragons & Damsels exhibit of Gary Froehlich photos of dragonflies and damselflies at Bosque del Apache opened March 3 on the Mezzanine Gallery at Macey Center in Socorro and will remain on display through April 6. There will be a reception at Macey Center on Friday, Mar. 20, preceding an event on Macey's Performing Arts Series. See also news release and photos
- Friends have new ByLaws. ByLaws 2009 pdf file There have been changes in our mission, among other changes. ARTICLE II: PURPOSE The purpose of the Organization is to support the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, hereafter (Refuge), and to promote appreciation and conservation of wildlife and habitat through environmental education and natural history experiences at the Refuge.
- Friends mobile site will be discontinued until November 2009 when the official Refuge bird counts resume.
- Public Notices direct from the Refuge.
- The Friends of the Bosque and Bosque del Apache NWR present Refuge Events, Workshops and programs. 2009 Programs.
- The Festival Blog will not be updated for Festival 2009 (unless there is a last minute volunteer,) but the blog for the previous Festival of the Cranes is still up , and that includes photos of the sungrebe, an historic sighting. Click on Festival blog (sungrebe photo is at the top of page) and to see more about the sungrebe and local bird sightings, please see Jerry R. Oldenettel's pages
- The dedication to honor John Taylor in conjunction with Ducks Unlimited was held Dec. 13th at the Refuge. John Tayor, award winning conservationist, gave so much to our Refuge, and we will always be grateful for his many, many contributions. The structure which was dedicated is largely complete.
- Thank You! Visitors, participants, all volunteers, our Festival of the Cranes co-ordinator, Robyn Harrison and Leigh Ann Vradenburg, the Friends of the Bosque's treasured executive director! The 21st Annual Festival of the Cranes 2008 November 18-23 at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico was a success thanks to you! For reference, we are keeping up the Festival of the Cranes web site so you can refer to the list of workshops, lectures and tours at the Bosque. Next year's Festival of the Cranes will be November 17-22, 2009
- Jon Morrison has been named the 2008 recipient of the Martha Hatch Award which was established by the Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR in 1998 to be issued each year to an individual who has provided exemplary service to the Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR and to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Please Martha Hatch Award. We mention again that John Bertrand was chosen to receive the 2008 National Volunteer of the Year Award for the National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)! and you can read about that by clicking National Volunteer of the Year
- Please shop our Bosque nature Store -both our Secure Online Store and our Store at the Refuge. We have several kinds of fun T-shirts, new tote bags, lapel pins, magnets, mugs, Festival of the Cranes merchandise and more. Secure Online Bosque Nature Store Shirleen Greenwood is our great store manager.
- Great News!! The Refuge has been awarded $126,000 for 2 alternative fuel buses from the Federal Transit Administration. This was in response to the grant that Leigh Ann Vradenburg, Executive Director, Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR, and Friends Coordinator, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Shawn Gillette, prepared this spring. For more info, please read: E8-24113.pdf
- In coordination with the family of G. Emerson Learn III, the Friends of the Bosque del Apache is establishing the Emerson Learn Bus Scholarship Endowment. Through this endowment started in Emerson's memory, the Friends will create a permanent fund to provide stipends for New Mexico schools to visit the Refuge. Please see our special page about the Endowment and in honor of Emerson.
- Information available for the Friends Birding Adventure trip to Costa Rica March 14-28, 2009:
Brochure (pdf)
Enrollment Form (pdf)
Jon Morrison's article (HTML page)
Travel Agency link for Costa Rica 2009
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- WILD FILM, an international wildlife film festival of spectacular award-winning films, and they came to Albuquerque! There are only a handful of wildlife film festivals in the world and one of was at the Kimo Theater in October with Grizzly bear expert, Charlie Russell, who is portrayed in the Saturday night feature film. Live raptors were there to greet filmgoers. Announcement for Rivers & Birds
Click here for schedule and details
- Friends,
It is with sadness that I am reporting to you of the passing of Emerson Learn. Emerson died Sunday, June 29th in comfort, with his wife, Cheryl.
We remember Emerson as one of the most out-going individuals I've ever known. An excellent birder whose favorite activity was sharing his experiences, his positive outlook toward life and his knowledge with others of all ages. He gave countless tours of the refuge and his enthusiasm got a myriad of people greatly interested in the refuge itself, as well as birding, including yours truly.
On a personal note, because of Emerson, I become a volunteer at our wonderful refuge. He also took on the task of mentoring me to at least know the birds of Bosque del Apache and maybe a few more. In return, Emerson enrolled in many of our photo workshops at the refuge in order to learn how to photograph nature in a more creative manner well as the hundreds more birds they were privileged to see on their trips around the world.
We also remember Emerson as president and a charter member of the Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR. He had a dream that the friends group could someday be as strong as we are today. With his leadership and prodding, the Friends have grown into a support organization to benefit Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, and continue under the succeeding leadership of many dedicated individuals.
We will remember Emerson and miss him for his enthusiasm, leadership, and many other fine qualities that has touched us all over the years. Our hearts go out to Cheryl and their family with our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely, Jerry Goffe
Emerson Learn Memorial
Friday, July 11, 2008
2:00 pm
St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church
601 Montano NW, Albuquerque
In lieu of flowers, donations are requested for the Emerson Learn Bus Scholarship Endowment c/o Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR, PO Box 340, San Antonio, NM 87832
The following is a link to the blog for Emerson Learn. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/emersonlearn
- 10 Million Year Old Fossil Discovered at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge! See Story here
- We have a wonderful, creative story by Jenna Melanson on our Youth pages. Please read it here at Kid Talk You will love it!
Click here to download this color poster for printing (1.1MB)
John Bertrand & Executive Director of the Friends of the Bosque, Leigh Ann Vradenburg
National Friends Conference 2008
- Fantastic News!! The Friends of the Bosque and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge are thrilled and honored to announce that our very own Friend John Bertrand has been chosen to receive the 2008 National Volunteer of the Year Award for the National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)! We knew we were lucky to have John donating his time and talents to the Friends of the Bosque and the Refuge, but now the whole nation will know what a wonderful volunteer he is!
Many fine volunteers across the nation were nominated, and John was chosen for his unparalleled dedication and his remarkable accomplishments . The award committee was "especially impressed" and felt that John was "indeed a worthy recipient of this award." Please read all about it here!! National Volunteer of the Year! John Bertrand
- Go mobile with the new Friends' Mobile web site! Use this for access on your mobile phone- Bird counts, News and more. Location: www.FriendsoftheBosque.org/mobile
- Thanks to the many generous donors who made the wonderful Chupadera peak and surrounding land acquisition possible! The Victory Party was held Saturday, Dec 1, 2007 at the Refuge. with a formal dedication and unveiling of a monument honoring the 267 donors who make this purchase possible! Also inscribed on the bronze plaque are the names of 85 individuals and organizations who donated one or more acres. Please see Chupadera peak
- Financials for The Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR
- Website for our Mapping The Rio Watershed Education Project! is www.friendsofthebosque.org/rio We are dedicated to education, and this is our main ongoing educational project, and one we guarantee you will enjoy seeing! The site is full of photos and full of beautiful and heartfelt poems about the river by Elementary School kids. Mapping the Rio Grande,Rio Grande Watershed Curriculum Elementary School Education Project, is a fun and innovative program, which has met with great acclaim (kids LOVE it!) Thank you for your support in continuing the project.
- Chupadera Peak Acquisition Victory! We added 6,272 foot Chupadera Peak and the surrounding 140 acres to the Refuge, thanks to your donations! More than 270 individuals, service clubs and organizations contributed amounts from $10 to $4,500 to the fund-raising campaign. Seventy-three donors each contributed the price of one acre ($450), and over $7,000 was contributed through this web site. Please read more about our purchase of this 140 acre tract which will provide a buffer zone for the peak and the adjoining Chupadera Wilderness. (and see some wonderful photos)
- John Bertrand, the great man behind the Chupadera Peak drive, has sent beautiful wildflower photos from Chupadera ! Wildflowers
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